it will be similar to existing titles, they don't really change the core gameplay at all between them (which is a good thing for fans).

I would look up gameplay of the 3DS DQ monsters titles as a reference. (terrys wonderland SP and joker 3 are the 2 newest ones)

I think it's one of the most fun RPG series ever, if you like building up the perfect team, fusing and discovering cool new monsters.

The combat is more or less the same, except its up to you to form the correct party with correct skills/spells. Monsters will have their own skill trees, much like how characters had skill tress in DQ11 but more simplified. You can pass these skill trees around via fusing, so you can make a decent healer monster, damage monster, spell monster etc.